A guessing game, ghoul!

The Drunken Severed Head · January 17, 2009, 01:59:32 AM

Mystery Photo--

Who is the ghoul, er, gal, below, and what does she have to do with classic horror?

Scatter · January 17, 2009, 02:50:20 AM

I give up..........what does Truman Capote in drag have to do with classic horror??

Unknown Primate · January 17, 2009, 03:19:44 AM

Is that Shirley Jackson of The Haunting Of Hill House and The Lottery fame?

mike c · January 17, 2009, 03:42:13 AM

That's gotta be Shirley Jackson... I've only seen one photograph of her but the look is unmistakable. Good call, Primate!

Mike C.

The Drunken Severed Head · January 17, 2009, 11:17:38 AM

Unknown Primate wins the No-Prize! You're correct!

The Drunken Severed Head · January 17, 2009, 11:53:11 AM

Alright, who is THIS fellow and how did he nearly change Universal Monster history?

Guess just by looking at the photo, please!

Unknown Primate · January 17, 2009, 02:07:10 PM

The Shirley Jackson one just stuck out. My daughter read "Hill House" awhile back and I bet there was a photo of the author somewhere on the back cover or something. This new guy, however, I just can't place, though somewhere in the back of my clouded, simian mind, I'm sure I should know who he is. Anyone else know?

CreepysFan · January 17, 2009, 02:32:25 PM

Walt Disney?

MDG · January 17, 2009, 08:54:38 PM

Is that Robert Florey?

Scatter · January 17, 2009, 09:04:59 PM

Quote from: MDG on January 17, 2009, 08:54:38 PM
Is that Robert Florey?

I think so.

The Drunken Severed Head · January 17, 2009, 10:42:32 PM

No to all guesses. The man was nearly a Famous Monster of Filmland.

ramsey37 · January 18, 2009, 09:39:57 AM

It's Raymond Huntley. He played Dracula on stage before Bela Lugosi did.
George

Scatter · January 18, 2009, 10:04:12 AM

Quote from: ramsey37 on January 18, 2009, 09:39:57 AM
It's Raymond Huntley. He played Dracula on stage before Bela Lugosi did.
George

EEEEEEEEGAD!! THAT was Dracula?!?! I'm more grateful for Bela than ever.

The Drunken Severed Head · January 18, 2009, 12:18:49 PM

Yup--George is right! In his 20s, when he was skinny, he was the original Drac in the first mounting of the Deane/Balderston play in London, where it became a huge success. He was considered for the movie.

In the role, he had several white streaks in his hair, and two small tufts of hair sticking up like horns, if I remember the pics I've seen correctly. Sort of a demonic Dagwood!

CreepysFan · January 18, 2009, 05:57:13 PM

I can just picture Dracula screaming out "Blooondie".

I swear by my Creepy magazine collection, I'm ever more grateful for Bela than ever.

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A guessing game, ghoul!